2. During Prohibition, if you saw a business with this color door, it would mean alcohol was served there.

A. Red.
B. Blue.
C. Green.

3. The term “bathtub gin” came from…?

A. Booze brewed in a tub.
B. The large size of the bottles the brew was made in.
C. The fact that the bathtub faucet was used to water down the hootch.

4. Which new food(s) were introduced in the 20s?

A. Wonder Bread.
B. Wheaties.
C. Kool-Aid.
D. Milk Duds.

5. Charles Lindbergh flew a monoplane between New York and Paris. How long was the flight?

A. 33.5 hours.
B. 21 hours.
C. 62 hours.

6. What kind of coats were the rage?

A. Fox Tail.
B. Raccoon.
C. Mink.

7. What popular toys were introduced in the 1920s?

A. Lincoln Logs.
B. Raggedy Ann.
C. Yo-yos.

8. Who was the highest-paid African-American performer in the 1920s?

A. Bessie Smith.
B. Billie Holiday.
C. Josephine Baker.

9. What year during the twenties did women get the vote?

A. 1929.
B. 1924.
C. 1920.

Answers

1. B. The invention of the radio helped spread jazz music throughout the country. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Cole Porter become household names. As jazz music gained popularity, the Charleston and Lindy Hop became popular dances. The Lindy Hop is said to have been named after Charles Lindbergh, while the Charleston was named for Charleston, South Carolina.

2. C. During prohibition, if there was a green door on a business, there was often a speakeasy behind it. Some popular speakeasies, like Chicago’s Green Door Tavern are still in operation.

3. B & C. It’s a common misconception that the term “bathtub gin” comes from batches being brewed inside an actual tub. However, the term actually comes from the large bottles the elixir was made in. Combining grain alcohol, juniper berries and other flavorings with water, a standard faucet was not tall enough to fit the bottle, so bootleggers would use the bathtub spigot to water down their hooch.

4 A, B, C, & D. All of these were introduced in the 1920s.

5. A. His flight took 33.5 hours.

6. B. Raccoon coats were the rage.

7. A & C. Raggedy Anns and Andys were introduced in the late teens.

8. A. Bessie Smith was the highest-paid African American performer in the 20s. By the end of the 1920s, Smith was the highest-paid black performer of her day, and had earned herself the title “Empress of the Blues.”

9. C. Women got the vote in 1920. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right,